Method of making finger rings



June 30, 1925., v

E. c. BLAicHER mHOD OF MAKING FINGER RINGS Filed May 9, 1 5

ATT NEY r eteuteci June Si l, 3. 325.

ERNEST J.

"i w *1. we mime? n we a i t i il ING AND BEFINING 00., INQ, OF 'NEVIAEK, NEW/i JERSEY.

METHOD OF MAKING FINGER- RIIQ'GS,

Application filed Kay 9,

To all air/mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST C. BLATCHEB, :1 citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belnier, county of, Monmouth, and State New Jersey, have invented certain new end useful Improvements in Methods oi' Making Finger Rings, of which the following is e specification.

This invention reiates to an improved method of making finger rings, particularly finger rings that are set with stones and which have recesses on the inner feces so that the stones show up to better advantage heceuse the bottoms of the stones are not closely grasped by the ring. The refraction'possihle in such recessed rings adds much to its appearance and therefore much to its veiue. Heretofore this kind of ring has been made either by cutting recesses in the ring, which is expensive and unsetisfao tory in appearance, or making the ring of two perforated members, one fitting within the other, as in my United States IPetent No. 1,422,819, issued July 18, 1922.

In this present invention 1 make it onepiece ring which has the stamped recesses on its "face, and these recesses are inexpensively produced and the whole ring, in fact, quickly and economically manufactured and niso has n finished appearance.

In my llliillOCi I provide a Washer-like ring suhstentiiilly list and with recesses on one farce, and I then upset this washer to form e eyiinilrical hand, the upsetting heing, arranged so that the recessed face of the weshcrheconies the inner face of the bend, and. then these recessed parts can be pierced to form settings [or the stones The invention is illustrated in the {MCGUI- psnyingf drswin in which lfigure 1 is a face view shaped ring adopted for use in 1H)- cili rt, and" Fignre 2 13 an edge view thereof; Figures 3 anti ere sections showing; the ring in steps of upsetting the wash r-shspecl ring: to form the cylinfir'i eel hand. Figure 5 is a section similar a with the recessed parts pier i. or G an cnler ei'i section on line 8 6 Figure 3, and higurc 7 is an enlarged section on line 7--7 in Figure 5. liigeres 3 9 are views similar to Figure 1 but i ions oi? the rec i ports oi. the wosnersooped rrng:

In cerrving' out my n'icthoil, 5 provide, by

stemming or otherwise, :1 waistlow-shaped 1923. Serial No. $37,773.

ring 10 which I provide with recesses 11. For the purpose of this invention only one fzice need be recessed, and I iilnstrete only one face so recessec'i, but the other face can be left plain orsuitahly ornamented. The 'wzisher-simpeq is then subjected to pressure, nsually'hy means of dies, to upset the ring to fofin it into cylindrical band.

A particular means for carrying out this upsetting process is not shown, since such mechanism is well known to those engaged in handling metals, particularly ductile metals such as are used in finger rings. The upsetting can be done in one operation, but it is preferred, in the case of thin stock, to first put the washer through a step to partly upset it, say to the extent, shown in Figure 3, and then through a second step to complete the upsetting, as in Figure 4.

After the ring has been formed into the cylindrical band from the Wesher-shsped ring, the recesses ere ymmetricelly sir-- raiiged on the inner, side 6 and provide the necessary openingfor the pn'oper refraction of light by jewels or stones set in the ring, which are set prefer ably in the center of these recessed parts, and for this purpose the setting is provided by piercing' the ring at the desired points, either by drilling or punching or similar face of the bend means, as shown at and these holes 12 are used by the stone setter for placing the stone, such. as e oiernond, in the ring, and the stone 1S thus-set in the usual way,

this being-familiar to stone setters, and the;

stone and the prongs for holding it are not shown iii-the drawing, but simply the ring before the stones ere set.

These rings are p:iirticuizirl :iiiupa'eti for wedding rings and the like, in some cases the recesses being erron tl :ili. around the ringnnd stones being; set all around the ring, but other styles employ only enough stones to cover a part o 1' the Pilfllllil CIQHL J, onelmli or one-third thereof, leaving il l' the ring on the inner side of or without stones, miil when this form oi ring is desired the washer cnn brimicnted only part way around on-onc face, :is shown in Figure 8,, leaving the smooth loo port 13 which. when forming the inner face i ii! the ring. lllfliiiilfj ii. possible to supply many being shown in the drawin 1n F1g'nre 9,

I find that I. get the best effort as to the -i1ppeamnceof the stone after it is set, and

setting of the stone, by 11 inclined t0\\'2i'ti' th8 center so that the ring is thinnest nrhero the setting 12 comes, since the inner "oils of the recesses 11 are inciined toward the center, as shown at 15.

I claim: t

1. The method of making finger rings which consists in providing 5 washershapeci ring with a recess in one fade, and upsetting said ring, to form a cylinfhicz i hand with the recess on the inner face, whereby the. band can he pierced at the recessed part to form a setting.

also provide a -n easy making theqgecesses different designs, only 010 however,

the bandat the ivressos to form settings.-

3. The method of making finger rings which consists in piOvitiiiltf tl washershnped ring, indenting one face thereof to :torm separated recesses, which recesses terminute short of the inner and outer edges of the ring, then upsetting the ring to form a cylindrical hand with ,the recesses on the inner face, and then piercing the hand at the recesses to form settings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing; I have hereto set my hand, this 3r(t day of May, 1923. I r i ERNEST (L BLAICHER. 

